Is there anybody out there?

Submitted by joseph on May 28, 2008 - 11:29pm

Just wondering if anyone is finding posts like this. If you see this - leave a comment below.

joseph's blog

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Submitted by na on July 3, 2008 - 12:24pm.

Took me a month or more, but yeah, I found it. And it wasn't that it was hard to find, I just hadn't looked until today.

I think the whole blogging experience may need a bit more promotion in order to get users to actually use it, but I think it's a great forum for some lively discussion amongst us.

I see that as of a more recent date someone has actually tried to open a discussion. Kudos to nettle for jumping in!

thanks na!

Submitted by admin on July 8, 2008 - 11:04pm.

yeah - indeed kudos to nettles!

The blog thing has been a bit catch-22 in my mind - there's no point in really promoting it unless there are actually some bloggers on the site writing articles, which of course won't happen until I promote the blogs!

I had some trouble with the "Subscriptions" module - it was sending out un-approved comments (read SPAM) - so I turned it off. That's been fixed and the new Subscriptions are super cool. You can subscribe to just about anything on the site (e.g., nettles' blog, on-island rides, or Shawn's veggie stand) and receive any new posts or comments automatically via e-mail. I think without this feature, blogs suck a bit. I'm just waiting for some time to materialize - so this probably won't happen until Sept.

But, I will be encouraging people to write here eventually - time time time.

I see it! :) ~~ Always

Submitted by freespirit_me on July 3, 2008 - 10:48pm.

I see it! :)

Always exploring... :)

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Submitted by merrick on July 12, 2008 - 7:02am.

hi Joseph, I found the page this morning, am enjoying the website, will contribute when I've got something to say.

Yep

Submitted by cohochum on July 12, 2008 - 7:58pm.

I too will say something when I've something to say...

well well...

Submitted by admin on July 15, 2008 - 10:32pm.

nice to see people lurking around - this is a pretty dim, dark corner of the site, so you've done pretty well to find it!

At some point I'd like to make these blogs more prominent - I think they offer a real opportunity for everyone to share the things they value...

only took two years to find it

Submitted by rosalind on January 8, 2011 - 8:32pm.

That's always been about how long it takes for an old islander to notice that s(he)'s been seeing the same new face for a while. So don't despair. There probably really are more of us out there.